How to Eat Healthy at IHOP

International House of Pancakes, AKA IHOP, is a perfect place to start your day off right with a delicious, inexpensive breakfast. However, while you may not be burning a hole in your wallet with the all-you-can-eat pancakes, you are definitely paying for it in your hips.

The calories found at IHOP can be outrageous with plates leaning close to 2,000 calories. The best part about IHOP is that they do offer healthy options if you can withstand the temptation of a Belgian Waffle pilled high with whip cream and strawberries.

Here is a list of foods to void and foods to enjoy while dining at IHOP.

Omelets

Avoid This:

Big Steak Omelet: 1220 Calories, 82g Fat

Country Omelet: 1140 Calories, 80g Fat

Colorado Omelet: 1120 Calories, 80g Fat

Eat This:

Opt for an egg white omelet, no cheese, and loaded with your favorite veggies. Ask for no butter when cooking. For example, an egg white omelet with spinach, onions, bell peppers, mushrooms, and ham gives you approximately 210 calories and 5g of fat!

What a difference from the 1200 calorie Country Omelet and that doesn’t even include your sides. Side Dishes for the Omelet can add on another 600 calories if you aren’t careful.

Avoid This:

New York Cheesecake Pancakes: 850 Calories, 34g Fat

Blueberry Pancakes: 640 Calories, 13g Fat

Harvest Grain’N Nut Pancakes: 700 Calories, 39g Fat

Hash Browns: 320 Calories, 20g Fat

Eat This:

Fruit Plate: 80 Calories

Combination Plates

Avoid This:

Biscuits & Gravy Combo w/Sausage Gravy: 1530 Calories, 103g Fat

Two Eggs, Hash Browns, & Toast: 1080 Calories, 61g Fat

South of the Border Burrito: 1380 Calories, 74g Fat

Eggs Benedict: 1020 Calories, 57g Fat

Eat This:

You won’t find anything under 700 calories with the combination plates, I would order the two egg breakfast with toast.  However, order it with egg substitute and no butter on the toast. This might look like approximately 300 calories.

French Toast, Waffles, Crepes

Avoid This:

Viva La French Toast, Blueberry with Sausage: 1380 Calories, 82g Fat

Original French Toast: 920 Calories, 52g Fat

International Passport Swedish Crepe: 1030 Calories, 77g Fat

Blueberry Cheese Blintzers: 1150 Calories, 69g Fat

Eat This:

SIMPLE & FIT Seasonal Fresh Fruit Crepes: 580 Calories, 24g Fat

Plain Belgian Waffle without Butter: 360 Calories, 15g Fat

Simple & Fit Whole Wheat French Toast Combo: 490 Calories, 15g Fat

Pancake Combinations 

Avoid This:

Pick-A-Pancake Combo: Original Buttermilk: 880 Calories, 50g Fat

Pick-A-Pancake Combo, Harvest Grain ‘N Nut: 1020 Calories, 64g Fat

Thee Eggs and Pancakes: 810 Calories, 42g Fat

Eat This:

SIMPLE & FIT Two x Two x Two: 400 Calories, 12g Fat

Pancake Platter: 490 Calories, 18g Fat

SIMPLE & FIT Blueberry Harvest Grain ‘N Nut® Combo: 560 Calories, 23g Fat

Original Buttermilk Pancakes, Short Stack (3): 490 Calories, 18g Fat

Syrups are a must for most IHOP breakfast entries. However syrup is loaded with sugar and calories with up to 100 calories per ounce, and lets face it, we usually don’t just use an ounce. Instead of these calorie loaded syrups, opt for the sugar free syrup with only 15 calories per ounce. And always ask for your entries without butter!

Enjoy your IHOP without all the calories for a great way to start off your day!

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